When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town (1955)

by Thorbjørn Egner

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Røverne Kasper, Jesper og Jonatan har en løve, som alle folk er bange for. Kasper, Jesper og Jonathan er tre røvere, der forstyrrer freden i Kardemommeby.

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Сказочные повести скандинавских писателей [Для детей : Пер. с норв

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Kultur- og kirkedepartementets pris for barne- og ungdomslitteratur (Litteraturprisen, 1. pris, delt – 1955)

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When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town

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Folk og røvere i Kardemomme by

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Røverne Kasper, Jesper og Jonatan har en løve, som alle folk er bange for. Kasper, Jesper og Jonathan er tre røvere, der forstyrrer freden i Kardemommeby.

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Three robbers are caught stealing from the baker and go to jail. There the townspeople show the robbers how good it feels to be clean and neat, well barbered, and well fed. Just as they get out of jail, Old Tobias's tower catches fire and the robbers save his pets and home.

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